Latin America and the Caribbean

In Colombia, more than 80,000 community mothers like Luz provide children's daycare service :she looks after children while their mothers are at work.

©UNESCO/Alejandra V. Jaramillo

MEETINGS

2010

14-15 May Latin America and the Caribbean Face the Challenge of Improving the Meaningfulness and Quality of Early Childhood Education, experts agree, OREALC/UNESCO

15 April Chile´s first survey on ECCE by the national Early Childhood Education Board, part of the Chilean MoE. (in Spanish)

Regional Reports

Early Childhood Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
The aim of the report is to offer a general analysis of the status of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in the Latin American and the Caribbean countries, and identify the main challenges to be addressed and actions to be taken in the region to achieve the first goal of Education for All: “expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children”.

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